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Sashiko embroidery mending wounds of northeast Japan quake 15 yrs on

OTSUCHI, Japan (Kyodo) -- In a small workshop in the coastal town of Otsuchi, northeastern Japan, a group of women joke and laugh as they embroider intricate patterns in white, red and other colors ...
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Reimported traditional 'sashiko' embroidery workshop held at Uniqlo in east Japan

Participants try their hand at "sashiko" embroidery at a workshop in a Uniqlo outlet in Maebashi on Feb. 9, 2024. (Mainichi/Ryotaro Nishimoto) MAEBASHI -- A workshop to repair clothes using the ...
ジャパンタイムズ

‘Sashiko’ needlework artisan says craft is about ‘the stories behind the stitching’

In recent years, sashiko, a Japanese needlework tradition, has gained a new cultural cache among international fashionistas and craft hobbyists. Most notably, the Iwate Prefecture-based Sashiko Gals ...

No Two Pairs Are the Same in the KUON x SUICOKE x SASHIKO GALS Sandal Collaboration

Every pair is individually embroidered by artisans in Iwate Prefecture, making each sandal in the limited run structurally ...
SBS

Japanese art of visible mending, Sashiko for a sustainable living: Maoko Carroll

Sashiko is the Japanese traditional art of visible mending. Maoko Carroll will be holding a workshop as part of the National Sustainable Living Festival in Melbourne. Melbourne resident Maoko Carroll ...
AOL

Apple CEO Tim Cook wore a 1-of-1 pair of custom Nike shoes during his Japan visit—with special hand embroidery made by a team of 15 women

During his visit to Japan this week, Apple CEO Tim Cook was spotted sporting a unique pair of custom Nike Vomero Plus sneakers created exclusively for him by Sashiko Gals, a collective of 15 women ...
The New York Times

When Sneakers Become Art

A traditional Japanese sewing technique called sashiko, taught to victims of a 2011 disaster, has sparked a business creating distinctive footwear. By Vivian Morelli Reporting from Otsuchi, Japan On ...